Your brain on yoga nidra

The little neuroscience research that exists highlights the changes the brain goes through during practice – could that have a more lasting effect?

Let’s talk about pain

Friends, I know, I have not written forever. I could come up with a ton of excuses, like life stuff, … More

Mindfulness is not just for stress

Two new studies reinforce that mindfulness meditation can help not just to fight stress but also maintain a healthy and balanced immune system. Time to work on my meditation practice!

Does yoga help with (peri)menopause?

Perimenopause is a big time of transition for women – can yoga help to overcome the challenges that go with it?

Is hot yoga better (or worse) than room temperature yoga?

My first experience of hot yoga was fairly traumatic. The smell in the then Bikram Kentish Town studio. The aggressive … More

Growing old well, with yoga

Ageing well is surely something that we are all after – mobile, as healthy as we can, with strong brains and great mental health. Maybe yoga can help.

Can I be into yoga without the supernatural crap?

The yoga world is obsessed with the supernatural, beyond things that are part of its actual heritage. But how much does this contribute to the rejection of science and medicine?

Meditation for a healthy immune system – plain language summary

Here’s a cool study to wrap the year up: evidence of changes in gene expression following an intense meditation retreat. … More

Can yoga help live better with rheumatoid arthritis?

What we know from the research is that practicing yoga is linked with reducing the levels of molecules that drive inflammation, aka an ‘excessive’ immune reaction. But does that translate to an actual improvement in disease activity?

My “Yoga for immune balance” programme is live!

In case I haven’t shouted enough about it – I filmed a yoga programme! I’m so excited that it is … More

How stress messes up your immune system (and where yoga fits in)

Stress really fucks up the immune system in various different ways. Yoga’s positive effects on our immunity are likely due to its effects on our stress levels.

Does yoga really support a healthy immune system?

Ever since I wrote the blog post on yoga perpetuating the appeal to nature fallacy, I’ve been a little paranoid … More

What’s so special about yoga?

Ever since I read Yoga Body*, I’ve had one big question in my mind: if modern postural yoga is basically … More

Burned out? Try yoga

Working from home over the past 18 months has brought some challenges, especially in maintaining work–life balance. Could yoga help tackle stress and burnout and keep us productive and full of brilliant ideas?

Forever young with yoga?

If inflammation determines our biological age, and if yoga helps to control unnecessary inflammation, could yoga also help to keep us young?

Meditation/yoga/other mind–body practice is not for me, and other such myths

What is the comment that most yoga teachers hear when they talk about the benefits of yoga? Oh, yoga is … More

Geeky wellbeing favourites: June

The June issue of the mind–body adventure was shipped last week, and yes, it features two cats. Subscribe now and … More

What is the vagus nerve – and why should you care?

She’s everyone’s favourite nerve. She’s the vagus nerve, the main parasympathetic nerve, one that brings balance in times of stress. And yoga practices are her friend.